Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne
Dr Henley is an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science and is the data manager for Aus2k, the Australasian component of Pages2k. Dr Henley received his PhD in hydrology and climate variability from the University of Newcastle (Australia) in 2012. He has worked on a number of academic and industry-based projects investigating hydro-climatic variability and water resource system performance, including hydrological modelling underpinning regional water planning. Dr Henley’s research interests include: decadal climate variability and climate change, the climate of the past 2000 years, the evaluation of large-scale climate circulation modes in climate models, hydrological modelling for water supply planning and the impacts and palaeoclimate context of anthropogenic climate change.
Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans
Feb 25, 2020 12:28 pm UTC| Nature
Recent helpful rains dampened fire grounds and gave many farmers a reason to cheer. But much of southeast Australia remains in severe drought. Australia is no stranger to drought, but the current one stands out when...
2,000 years of records show it's getting hotter, faster
Jul 28, 2019 11:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
New reconstructions of Earths temperature over the past 2,000 years, published today in Nature Geoscience, highlight the astonishing rate of the recent widespread warming of our planet. We also now have a clearer...
El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records
May 07, 2019 03:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years. A new category of El...
Is Australia's current drought caused by climate change? It's complicated
Jun 09, 2018 01:14 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Much of southern Australia is experiencing severe drought after a very dry and warm autumn across the southern half of the continent. Australia is no stranger to drought, but this recent dry spell, and Prime Minister...
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